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Ron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

More context needed, SVPN'importe qui peut entrer chez toi ---> Anyone can come in your place I would have thought the translation to be «Anyone can enter your home.» With the translation provided, it says that «if I am unable to attend, anyone can attend in my place» like for a meeting, etc. Is this an idiomatic phrase, perhaps a UK translation? Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

l'utilisation de "de"Nous sortons de la salle pour prendre l’air. (We're going out of the room to get some fresh air.) ".. pour prendre de l'air", et-il correct aussi ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Roman M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

problem with haîrLe Robert as well as CLE International recommends î in ALL PERSONS singular and plural: je haîs tu haîs il haît nous haîmes vous haîtes ils haîrent

Asked 8 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Le vent lui fouettait le visage"

Which of these two is correct, or are both correct. I expected that #2 is correct but it seems the Kwiziq writing challenges expect only #1. I can see both in use elsewhere on the web but I only understand the reasoning behind #2.

1. " Le vent lui fouettait le visage"

2. " Le vent fouettait son visage"

Isn't le/son visage the direct object?

Isn't the use of lui implying that there is an indirect object?

But fouetter does not use indirect objects, does it?

Are we supposed to look at this as:
Subject: The wind

Verb: whips

Direct object: the face

Indirect object: (of) him

But why? There is no "à" in this sentence "Le vent fouettait le visage de Marcel", only a "de".

Asked 7 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Choosing the correct tense

Bonjour Madame Cécile !

Two sentences are given as->

1.Quand vous voyagerez en France, vous serez très occupé.

When you travel to France, you'll be very busy.

2.Quand ils arriveront, tu iras les accueillir.

When they arrive, you will go and welcome them.

Here, I would like to raise a question as to why one cannot use Le Futur Antérieur in the clauses after Quand in the two sentences mentioned above. Why are both the clauses using Le Futur Simple ?

One action precedes the other in the future so why not Le Futur Antérieur ?

What does Le Futur Simple in both the clauses signify ?

Merci encore !

Bonne Fête Nationale Française !

Asked 6 years ago

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T. H.C1Kwiziq community member

In the examples, demeurer seems to reverse the être-avoir rule as to which it takes with direct and indirect objects. How come?

Asked 7 years ago

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Josian S.C1Kwiziq community member

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